Anais Mathes - Assistant Coach - Women's Water Polo Coaches

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Anais Mathes

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
anais.mathes@csun.edu

Anais Mathes completed her second season as an assistant coach to the CSUN Water Polo team in 2024-25.

Mathes has helped CSUN record winning seasons in each of her two years, recording 34 total wins. CSUN players have earned five All-American awards and four All-Big West selections while she has been with the program.

In Mathes' first season with CSUN, the Matadors would record their most wins in 10 seasons and finished with an 18-15 record. CSUN closed the season ranked No. 16 in the nation, the highest the program has been ranked since 2015.

Mathes joined the Matadors after a stint with the Santa Cruz Water Polo Club as a youth girls coach. Previously, Mathes played professional water polo beginning in 2020 with the Lille Metropolitan Water Polo Club in Lille, France.

Mathes played collegiate water polo at Marist College from 2017-20, helping the team post three 20-win seasons. In 125 career matches, Mathes registered 186 points, 123 goals, 63 assists and 56 steals. She scored a career-high 45 goals to go with 20 assists in her junior season.

As a senior, Mathes would receive ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention accolades along with MAAC Preseason Co-Player of the Year recognition. She would finish the shortened 2020 campaign with 22 goals.

Originally from San Diego, Mathes prepped at Torrey Pines High School where she played water polo all four years. She served as team captain in each of her last two years and would be named the team's Most Valuable Player from 2014-16. Mathes was also a first-team All-Division and first-team all-league selection with Torrey Pines.